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wheeltapper

wheel·tap·per [ wl tàppər, hwl tàppər ] (plural wheel·tap·pers)


noun 
Definition:
 
checker of railroad vehicles' wheels: a worker who strikes the wheels of railroad rolling stock with a metal hammer in order to ascertain from the sound produced whether the wheel is cracked or flawed

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